World Meteorological Organization
Joint ET-ETC/ET-GOV/Doc. 2.2
COMMISSION FOR AERONAUTICAL
METEOROLOGY
25.XI.2015
ITEM 2
Joint Meeting of ET-ETC and ET-GOV
Wellington, New Zealand
30 November – 3 December 2015
English only
REVIEW OUTCOMES AND DIRECTIONS BY RELEVANT WMO AND ICAO MEETINGS
2015 Meeting of the CAeM Management Group
(Submitted by the Secretariat)
Summary and Purpose of Document
This document provides information on the discussions and decisions of
the CAeM MG/2015 Meeting.
ACTION PROPOSED
The action by the meeting is in paragraph 3.
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Joint ET-ETC/ET-GOV/Doc. 2.2, p. 2
1.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The meeting was informed about …
2.
PROGRESS/ACTIVITY REPORT
2.1
The 2015 meeting of the Management Group of the CAeM (MG/2015) was held from
12 to 14 May 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. The main objective of the meeting was to
review the work programmes of all Expert Teams and align them with the priorities of the
Commission for the current intersession period 2015 – 2018 (and the WMO financial period
2016 – 2019). All documents and the report of the meeting are available on the WMO AeMP
website at: https://www.wmo.int/aemp/node/63.
2.2
MG/2015 reviewed the terms of reference (TOR) of all ETs and revised them in order
to achieve better alignment and consistency with the CAeM priorities and relevant tasks
stemming from the WMO Strategic Plan (2016-2019). The revised TORs of ET-ETC and
ET-GOV are provided in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 to this document.
2.3
MG/2015 reviewed also the draft work programmes of the ETs and discussed how to
compile the CAeM Operating Plan (2016 – 2019) based on those work programmes. In this
regard, MG advised all ETs to align their work programmes with their updated TORs and to
establish respective performance indicators.
2.4
The meeting formulated a list of action items as shown in Appendix 3. ET-GOV and
ET-ETC are invited to decide on their follow-up actions on relevant items in the list.
3.
ACTION/PLANS/RESPONSIBILITIES WITH DELIVERABLES
a. Review the revised TORs of the ETs and align the work programmes accordingly.
b. Review the MG/2015 List of Actions and decide on the follow-up on relevant items
to ET-GOV and ET-ETC.
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Joint ET-ETC/ET-GOV/Doc. 2.2, APPENDIX 1
EXPERT TEAM ON EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COMPETENCY (ET-ETC)
OLD TORs
REVISED TORs
A. To
provide
guidance
on
the
implementation of WMO standards and
recommended practices related to the
competency
and
qualifications
of
aeronautical meteorological personnel
(AMP);
1. To
provide
guidance
on
the
implementation of WMO standards and
recommended practices related to the
competency
and
qualifications
of
aeronautical meteorological personnel
(AMP);
B. To facilitate efficient methods of
education and training in aeronautical
meteorology by making education and
training resources available on-line;
2. To facilitate efficient methods of
education and training in aeronautical
meteorology by making education and
training resources available on-line;
C. To encourage the sharing of education
and training resources as well as best
practices;
3. To encourage the sharing of education
and training resources as well as best
practices;
D. To look for cost-effective training
opportunities and to
seek
in-kind
contributions to make these available in
WMO official languages;
4. To look for cost-effective training
opportunities and to
seek
in-kind
contributions to make these available in
WMO official languages;
E. To coordinate with the WMO EC Panel
of Experts on Education and Training in
developing and updating WMO provisions
on competency and qualifications of AMP
for inclusion in the WMO Technical
Regulations and related guides;
5. To coordinate with the WMO EC Panel
of Experts on Education and Training in
developing and updating WMO provisions
on competency and qualifications of AMP
for inclusion in the WMO Technical
Regulations and related guides;
F. To address aeronautical users training
needs on aeronautical meteorology by
developing appropriate guidelines and
other relevant material;
6. To
contribute
to
developing
appropriate guidelines and other relevant
material meeting aeronautical users
training
needs
on
aeronautical
meteorology;
G. To address emerging training and
education
needs
for
enhanced
meteorological services stemming from the
ICAO Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP)
and Aviation System Block Upgrades
(ASBU);
7. To address emerging training and
education
needs
for
enhanced
meteorological services stemming from the
ICAO Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP)
and Aviation System Block Upgrades
(ASBU);
H. To report regularly on progress to the
president of CAeM.
8. To report regularly on progress to the
president of CAeM.
Joint ET-ETC/ET-GOV/Doc. 2.2, APPENDIX 2
EXPERT TEAM ON GOVERNANCE (ET-GOV)
OLD TORs
REVISED TORs
A. To monitor implementation and provide
advice to Members in implementing the
QMS requirements in a sustainable manner
(Note: this will be supported by the
TT/QMS until Cg-17);
1. To work in coordination with the ICAO
METP
to
review/update/consolidate
existing service delivery guidance material
e.g. WMO-No. 732, 904 and 1001 in
collaboration with the appropriate CAeM
ETs and WMO bodies;
B. To address governance issues related
to service improvements and institutional
changes stemming from the ICAO Global
Air Navigation Plan (GANP) and Aviation
System Block Upgrades (ASBU), including
cost-recovery under changing service
delivery models;
2. To work in coordination with the ICAO
METP on developing governance and costrecovery guidance material to support the
development of provisions for regional
service provision, including Regional
Hazardous Weather Advisory Centres;
C. To share best practices and to assist
Members
in
establishing
optimal
governance at national level with regard to
meteorological
authority
and
meteorological service provider and their
roles and responsibility;
3. To contribute to the development of
WMO data policies in relation to SWIM, in
consultation with the ICAO METP and
relevant WMO bodies;
D. To address social justice issues,
including
gender
and
equality,
in
accordance with relevant WMO policies;
4. To collect and share best practices in
relation to competency of aviation MET
service oversight personnel and provide
inputs to ICAO in developing guidance
material;
E. To report regularly on progress to the
president of CAeM.
5. To collect and share best practices of
roles and responsibilities of meteorological
authority and meteorological service
provider and provide inputs to ICAO in
developing guidance material;
6. To coordinate on the evolution of the
WMO regulatory material on aeronautical
MET in line with ICAO plans for
restructuring Annex 3;
7. To report regularly on progress to the
president of CAeM.
Joint ET-ETC/ET-GOV/Doc. 2.2, APPENDIX 3
Agreed by the CAeM 2015 Management Group meeting – May 2015
1.
Ag.
Item
3
2.
4.1.1
3.
4.1.1
4.
4.1.5
5.
4.1.1
–
4.1.5
4.2
No.
6.
Action
Responsibility
Deliverables
Deadline
Status
Action List table should be used as a
tracking tool of the status of implementation
of the actions agreed by the MG and ETs
meetings. All actions should be clearly
formulated and addressed to a responsible
body/person with specific target date and
deliverable.
Conduct global survey on institutional
arrangements for the provision of MET
Service for aviation, including business
models and cost-recovery aspects.
Revive WMO-No. 732, Guide to Practices
for Meteorological Offices Serving Aviation.
WMO-No. 732 should be fully updated and
become a placeholder for the new guidance
material; the starting point should be
developing a new outline of the document.
Transforming the WMO-Doc.1083, Manual
on the Implementation of Education and
Training Standards in Meteorology and
Hydrology, Volume I, into a Guide which on
compliance with both qualification and
competency requirements. Coordinate with
Secretariat how this work would be
organized and should contribute the
chapters related to the AMP.
The updated TORs of all ETs to be
published on the WMO AEMP website
P/CAeM
Secretariat
Action List
permanent
On-going
ET-GOV
Survey
End of 2016
ET-GOV
Secretariat
Outline of updated
WMO-No.732
ET-GOV
meeting,
Nov 2015
On-going
ET-ETC
Secretariat
Proposed outline of
the Guide;
Inputs on C&Q for
AMP
ET-ETC
meeting,
Nov 2015
On-going
Secretariat
Updated web site
Jul 2015
On-going
All ETs should review and update their work
programmes and submit to Secretariat for
posting on the website
ET Chairs, CoChairs
Updated final work
programmes
Sep 2015
On-going
Note
Joint ET-ETC/ET-GOV/Doc. 2.2, APPENDIX 3, p. 2
7.
6
8.
6
9.
7
10.
8
Prepare CAeM Operating Plan 2016-2019
as a compilation of the work programmes of
the Expert Teams with appropriate grouping
of the tasks according to the KOs.
Request EC WG-SOP to provide
appropriate templates and guidance on the
WMO organization-wide integrated
strategic/operating planning process
ET-GOV to
coordinate
Draft CAeM OP
2016-2019
ET-GOV
meeting,
Nov 2015
On-going
P/CAeM
Secretariat
Working paper for
EC WG-SOP
meeting in 2016
Jan/Feb 2016
On-going
All ET Co-Chairs to consider the new CAeM
priorities in the formulation of their work
programmes and tasks. The priorities to be
posted on the WMO/AEMP website
Submit proposals to the 2016 PTC and
PTC/PRA meetings aimed at improved toplevel coordination and prioritization of tasks
ET Chairs, CoChairs
Secretariat
Updated work
programmes and
website
Sep 2015
On-going
P/CAeM
Working paper for
PTC and PTC/PRA
2016
Jan 2016
On-going
With inputs from
MG members